Garment bag



Dec.- 9, 1930. A, po-j-bzvm 1,783,979

GARMENT BAG Filed lay 11, 1929 @5 INVENTOR.

Adolph Poiarin 7 jg 51pm 4 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 9, 1930 ADOLPE POTDEVIN, OI GARDEN comm, OI BROOKLYN, NEW

CITY, NEW YORK, ASSI [GNORTO POTDE VIN MACHINE YORK, A CORPORATION OI,

NEW Yonx smear nae Application filed m 11, 1929." Serial n. 362,272.

This invention relates to sus ension garment bags of the so-called dry 0 eaner type wherein the upper end of a large flattened paper tube is diagonally folded in opposite directions from'points adjacent the center of the bag, the bag to provide a shoulder closure having at its apex an opening for the upward passage of the suspension hook of a contained garmenthanger.

The object of my invention is to provide a garment bag having the u -standing slde wall and the ad acent corner olds at the 8. ex or hanger opening effectually reinforce and to this end the upper edge of the bag is provided centrally thereof with an integral reinforcing member of novel construction, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the production of a bag embodying my invention the reinforcing member comprises a lip or tongue which is formed and folded on the upper end of one side of the tube cen. trally thereof, preparatory to the engagement of the tube b shoulder folding mechanism such as described in my pending application Serial No. 316,656, filed November 2, 1928, which mechanism includes a central gripper Y adapted to engage the upper or leading end of the tube midway between the edges of the tube, and twolateral grippers adapted to en-' gage the respective side edges of the tube somewhat away from its leading end, the said grippers co-operatin with each other and with a pair of convergmg folding bars to effect the an ular folding of the respective shoulder fold s of the bag. Hence the reinforcing member efiectually strengthens the extremity of the tube which is sub 'ected to the folding action against the edge 0 the central gripper, thus overcoming the previous weakness of the tube at this point without objectionable bulkiness, and at the same time cutting down the cost of material.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a flattened.

tube having its upper end provided with a centrally projecting tongue adapted to be folded and pasted upon the adjacent wall of the tube to afford a reinforcement.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the tongue which folds are pasted to the body of b .clined from points of thetop to the respective-side edges of the the tube, as by paste 12, to shoulder closure having a central or apex adjacent end of the back 15 the front as folded over and pasted, and indicating the adjacent ortions of the tube as provided with paste or t e like preparatory to the formation of the diagonal shoulder folds.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the completed ag.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the upper end of the tube, on a larger scale, showing the tongue in folded position, and indicating the positions of the diagonal crease or fold lines of theshoulder folds with relation to the reinforcing tongue.

Fig. 5 illustrates a flattened tube in its passage through a bag making machine, showing the shoulder folding bars and the engaging relation of the grippers to the leading end and sides of the tube.

The bag herein illustrated is made from a single sheet of paper which is appropriately shaped, folded and pasted to'produce a fiattened tube open at its respective ends. One end of the bag has two diagonal top folds 10, 11 which are downwardly and outwardly inadjacent the midsection tube, which folds are. secured to the back of produce a top or opening 13. This opening is adapted-torreceive, as usual, an upstanding suspension hook of a contained hanger which sustains a garment within the confines of the bag.

The top or leading end of the front 14 of the paper tube extends somewhat beyond the and is formed with a centrally projecting tongue 16 which is relatively is folded and preferably pasted upon the extending marginal portion of the front 14 preparatory to the formation of the diagonal shoulder folds. The tongue is of ,slightly'greater length than the width of the effectually strengthening the shoulder folds at their upper corners as well as the'edge of wall of the opening. The reinthus effected is an important fac forcement,

apex opening between the shoulder narrow when compared to the 'width of the bag,

tor in a garment bag since the portions of the bag in the region of the a ex opening are subjected to much stress an wear when the bag is in actual service. Preferably the bag lengths are successivel severed from a continuous web of aper, the tongue 16 at the top of each length eing formed from the lower or bottom portion of the adjacent length, as indicated at 18 in Fig. 1.

As the reinforcing tongue is narrow relative to the width of the bag, the edge of the openfirig1 is reinforced without forming bulky ADOLPH POTDEVIN.

in the formation of the hereinbefore described ba by means of a machine of the character escribed in my copending application aforesaid, the eentrall reinforced end wall of the tube and the end of the adjacent wall are grasped by a. traveling tgripper 19, as illustrated in Fig. 5, and the edges of the tube are respectively grasped, somewhat below or rearward of its leading olded lateral end, by a pair of travelling side grippers 20,

all which grippers conilomtly advance the tube against and beneat a pair of converging folding bars 21 which are effective to fold the opposing leadingv portions of the tube on angular shoulder lines defined by the relative positions of the central and side grippers, the central gripper acting as a gauge for the width of the opening and the creasing of the shoulder folds, as indicated in Fig. 1. The centrally disposed reinforcing tongue 16 strengthens the apertured apex portion of the tube which is subjected to the direct folding strain of the central gripper and the converging folding bars, thus overcoming the previous weakness of the tube at this point. This is a distinct'practical advantage in the manufacture of the bag since it obviates the otherwise liability of the tearing of the leading edge of the paper tube during the folding operatlon.

I claim- 1. A1 fiat tubular body whereof one open end is adapted to be folded in opposite directions from points adjacent the center of the bag, to provide diagonal shoulder portions having an apex opening therebetween, one

wall of said open end having an integral centrally-disposed relatively narrow reinforcing tongue which is folded upon said wall and is included in the diagonal corner creases of the shoulder folds at the apex opening.

2. A garment bag comprising a flat tubular body having oppositely-inclined end folds which overlap one of the walls of the body and are secured thereto to afford shoulder portions with an opening at the apex of the folds, the other of said walls having an integral centrally-disposed reinforcing tongue of greater length than the width of the said opening, said tongue being folded upon the adjacent wall of the opening and being in- 

